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Specialty license plates supporting the Alzheimer’s Association are now available in Kentucky. Kentucky is the first state in the US to have this specialty license plate for Alzheimer’s awareness and education. Having these plates will raise awareness of the disease, which will become more prevalent as Kentucky’s population ages. Nearly 70,000 people in Kentucky right now have Alzheimer’s disease and that number is only growing.

Three more names have been added to the growing list of candidates filing for various political offices in Spencer County.

Kyle Bennett, who served as a deputy in Spencer County for several years under former Sheriff Steve Coulter, filed his papers to join a field of now three seeking the Republican nomination for Sheriff. Bennett is currently a police officer for the City of Simpsonville, and filed his paperwork last week.

Last Monday’s meeting of the Spencer County Fiscal Court was relatively uneventful until the court reached the bottom of the agenda and words were once again exchanged over expenditures for the Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Buddy Stump submitted quotes for new bullet proof vests for deputies in his office, at a cost of $769 per vest, for a total cost of $12,304 for 16 vests. The court approved the purchase by a unanimous vote, but not before some contentious words.

The annual Christmas on Main celebration is scheduled for Saturday, December 9, 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. There will be a lighting of the trees, followed by a parade, visits with Santa, food, games, music, crafts, decorated trees inside the Chamber building, and bike giveaways at First Christian Church.